Severe drought conditions returned after a winter of below normal precipitation (largely 25-50 percent of normal).
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Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS FSD wrote it up.
Severe drought conditions returned after a winter of below normal precipitation (largely 25-50 percent of normal).
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Sioux Falls, SD wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 21, 9:55 PM CST, 2 hours 5 minutes earlier.
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</html>Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD 523 AM CDT Mon Mar 21 2022 IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097- 098-NEZ013-014-SDZ056-062-067-070-071-221030- Lyon-Osceola-Dickinson-Sioux-O'Brien-Clay-Plymouth-Cherokee- Buena Vista-Woodbury-Ida-Lincoln-Murray-Cottonwood-Nobles-Jackson- Pipestone-Rock-Dixon-Dakota-Moody-Minnehaha-Union- 523 AM CDT Mon Mar 21 2022 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northwest Iowa, west central Iowa, southwest Minnesota, northeast Nebraska, east central South Dakota and southeast South Dakota. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Gusty south winds, warm temperatures and low humidity ahead of a cold front will lead to elevated fire danger today. Rain is expected to spread over the area late today and tonight, mixing with or changing to snow after midnight. Some light snow accumulations are possible by daybreak Tuesday, mainly in higher elevations. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday. Periods of snow and/or rain will continue Tuesday into Wednesday, with additional light snow accumulations possible. Although exact amounts are uncertain, and will likely be highly variable, some locations could see 1 to 3 inches of new snow Tuesday into early Wednesday. The highest amounts are more likely in the higher elevations of southwest Minnesota. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. SDZ038>040-050-052>055-057>061-063>066-068-069-221030- Beadle-Kingsbury-Brookings-Gregory-Jerauld-Sanborn-Miner-Lake-Brule- Aurora-Davison-Hanson-McCook-Charles Mix-Douglas-Hutchinson-Turner- Bon Homme-Yankton- 523 AM CDT Mon Mar 21 2022 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central South Dakota, east central South Dakota, south central South Dakota and southeast South Dakota. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Strong northerly winds behind a cold front will lead to elevated fire danger again today. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday. Although there are small chances for light rain or snow Tuesday and Wednesday, amounts and coverage are expected to be quite limited. As a result, persistent gusty winds will continue to produce elevated fire danger. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
Severe (D2) drought developed with precipitation only 25 to 50 percent of normal since December 1, 2021.
Severe (D2) drought developed with precipitation only 25 to 50 percent of normal since December 1, 2021.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in South Dakota in 2022Every state in 2022This day in weather historyWarnings in South Dakota, March 2022
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1010628, 1016817.